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UNITED STATES PATENT EEICE.

oHAELEs o. MOORE, OE NEW YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT IN APPLICATION 0F WIND-POWER T0 PRODUCE A RECIPROCATINGMOVEMENT.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 36.101, dated August 5,1862.

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES C. MOORE, of the city, county, and StateofNewA York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Applying thePower of Wind-Wheels to the Driving of Machinery having a ReciprocatingMovement; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear,and exact description in the simplest possible manner the power from awind-wheel shaftto the machinery to be driven, and by such a means whichw ill not in the least degree interfere with the proper traversing ofthe cap in which the bearings of the wheel-shaft are placed, and will atthe same time admit of the journals of the wheelshaft having an equalpressure on each o-f its bearings, so as to insure an easy working ofthe moving parts attended with a comparatively small degree of friction.

To enable those skilled in the art to fully understand and construct myinvention, I will proceed to describe it.

A represents a vertical shaft, the lower end of which is permanentlysecured in a proposed base, B, and C is a cap, into which the upper endof the shaft A is tted loosely, so that the cap C may turn freely uponit, the upper end of the shaft being cylindrical to admit of thatresult. The cap is secured on the shaft A by means of pins a, which passhorizontally into the cap and have their inner ends fitted in a grooveor recess, b, made circumferentially in I it, as shown clearly in Fig.l. The lower end of the cap C may rest on the upper end of a collar, D,which is secured permanently on the shaft A.

Eis a vane which is provided with two pendants, c o, in which are thebearings of a shaft, G. These pendants are at opposite sides of the capC and at equal distances from it. The shaft G passes through the cap C,which also serves as a bearing for it.

F is a wind-wheel, which may be constructed in any suitable manner, andis secured to one end ofthe shaft G. The vane E is in line with theshaft G and projects back a suitable distance from the cap C, to causethe wind-wheel to face the wind at all times. (See Figsyl and 2.)

The wind-wheel shaft G is provided with two cranks, d ci',` which are inthe same plane and have each a pitman, e, attached, the lower ends ofwhich are connected by boltsf to a slide, H, on the upright shaft A.This slide H has a groove, g, made circumferentially in it to receive aband, I, in which the slide H is allowed to turn freely, the latterhaving two movements-to wit, an up-and-down movement on shaft A and alsoa rotary one.

The band I may be formed of two equal parts connected at journals h h,on which the piston-rods t' i of two pumps are hung, the journals beingat Opposite points on the band, as shown clearly in Fig. 3.

-From this description it will be seen tha when the wheel F rotates thecranks d d and pitmen e e will give a rising-and-falling movement to theslide H, and the latter will of course communicate the same movement tothe piston-rods iz',- and it will also be seen that the wind-wheel Ewill be allowed to turn so as to face the wind in consequence of theslide H being allowed to turn within the band I. By having a pitman e ateach side of the cap C, as shown, an equal pressure is obtained oneachbearing ofthe shaft G, and all the working parts are made to operatewith but little friction.

The working parts may be covered by a case, J, litted on the base B, andthe case covered by a hood, K.' A

Having thus described my inventiomwhat I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination and arrangement, with a wind-wheel, F, of thedouble-crank shaft G, cap C, shaft A, pitmen e e, slide H, and bandLwith rods it' attached, as and for the purpose herein set forth.

cHAELEs c. MOORE.

Witnesses:

GEO. R. MAKEPEAOE, FREDERICK VORR.

